Allow me to share, and contribute. :)

[Potomac Yank]

Originally Posted by Matt

Joe - ever been to Coventry? I hear it's nice this time of year.

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Matt - Have you ever been out of Cleveland, OH?

I think I've touched a Slab Nerve?

[Al C.risafulli]

Oh, this is still a topic of discussion? I thought this particular dead horse had been beaten beyond recognition.

It's interesting, but for all the threads on 54 where raw card collectors complain about graded card collectors, I cannot recall a single thread where graded card collectors complain about raw card collectors.

For those of you who are upset that there are threads on 54 that discuss graded cards, please allow me to direct you to the following:

1) The thread about Exhibit reprints
2) The thread about cards featuring women
3) Ted's thread about the Cooperstown card show
4) Bob's thread about the new discovery of the Shotwell Ruth card
5) Anthony's thread about card idiosyncracies
6) Andrew's thread requesting info on Tobin lithos
7) Dave Haas' thread about which Net54 members will have tables at the National
8) Jason Carota's thread about his Henry Johnson Confectioners' Everett Scott
9) Richard Simon's thread about 1936 Detroit Tigers stamps
10) David's thread about a raw T206 Lajoie that was recently on eBay
11) Ted's thread about Erik's Philadelphia Caramel book

All 11 of those threads have nothing to do with graded cards, they're all on the front page of this message board, and they all have 10 or fewer posts in them. They're just begging for your knowledgeable contributions.

I guess it's more interesting to complain about posting about graded cards than it is to actually post something about cards, but I figured I'd point out those threads anyway. You know, just in case they're tough to see there, on the main page of this forum.

-Al

[Potomac Yank]

Originally Posted by Al C.risafulli

Oh, this is still a topic of discussion? I thought this particular dead horse had been beaten beyond recognition.

It's interesting, but for all the threads on 54 where raw card collectors complain about graded card collectors, I cannot recall a single thread where graded card collectors complain about raw card collectors.-Al

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Al, you missed it again.
No one is complaining about the graded card collectors.
If you're capable of going to the search engine ... Check out the word CROSSOVERS.
Once you do that, you will find three, or four pages on the Crossover slab subject.
The Croosover market subject, is a gift from the newbie grade collectors, which gave us the AUTHENTICATING??? Grader folks.

Maybe the reason why you don't see graded card collectors complain about raw card collectors is that raw collectors know how to grade their own cards, and don't need your so called Authenticators.

Just in case it might have gone over your head ... this forum was originally supposed to be about Vintage cards.

Al, I expected more from you, and you short changed yourself.

[Bamacollection]

This IS how I relax... Thanks guys!

[Potomac Yank]

Originally Posted by Bamacollection

This IS how I relax... Thanks guys!

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Anytime Bama ... We're here to take your mind off the Health Care & Unemployment problem.

[FrankWakefield]

Rob D, I admit to liking that avatar... not trying to provoke you into changing it. Hope you keep it!!

[Al C.risafulli]

this forum was originally supposed to be about Vintage cards.

You're absolutely correct, Joe. Which is why I expected more from YOU.

One of the cool things about the new Net54 forum is that it's very easy to search the posts of any specific member of this forum. Just the click of a button, really.

So, without further ado, allow me to summarize the content of your last 25 posts on this board.

1) A response mentioning the healthcare and unemployment problem.
2) A post about Coventry, and your time with the airlines.
3) A stab at me, and something to do with crossovers and searching or something.
4) A stab at someone else, about Little League.
5) A stab at Matt about Cleveland, and touching a "slab nerve."
6) Another stab at Rob, about Little League.
7) An explanation about why this thread initially made no sense when you started it.
8) A post about how vintage slabheads never talk about vintage cards.
9) The beginning post of this nonsensical thread.
10) A post in another thread, referring readers to this one.
11) A post mentioning you're interested in filling open slots in the T210 series (GASP - a card-related post!)
12) A stab at the crook with the Old Mill overprints.
13) A wisecrack about getting a Drum pouch with an Old Mill overprint.
14) A friendly post toward Ted.
15) A post about how you refrained from bidding on a card because the seller insisted on Paypal.
16) Another post about the same topic as #15
17) An insult toward a person flipping cards.
18) A post that I think has something to do with politics or something.
19) A post that seems like an insult directed at somebody, but I can't quite figure it out.
20) A friendly post towards Iggy.
21) A post that seems to be a tongue-in-cheek reference to SGC.
22) A post referring SGC's slabbing of the altered Doyle eight years ago.
23) A post asking if grading companies slab soak jobs
24) Another post asking the same thing
25) A post containing nothing more than an asterisk, ostensibly because you edited your post.

So please, Joe, I ask you in the name of all things card-related: please. PLEASE. Try and refrain from posting about grading and restrict your posts to topics that are related to vintage cards.

Thanks in advance,
-Al

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

Rob D, I admit to liking that avatar... not trying to provoke you into changing it. Hope you keep it!!

Until I flip it, Frank, it stays. (I always could replace it with a mug shot of Dick Wakefield.)